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03 Aug 2015 7:12:36am

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Mudlark

Interesting that you neglect to mention the hardwood sawmilling industry that is reliant on timber harvested from the available one-third of the Central Highlands forests. "Vic Ash" is arguably Australia's most valuable sawn timber and it supports a substantial secondary manufacturing sector largely based in Melbourne.

You said: "The report you cite has been soundly discredited as so poorly researched it's hilarious. This unscientific logging industry PR can be verified by looking up the authors and their interests."

Is that so? It would be interesting to know who has discreditted it?

The paper you refer to was co-authored by a group of 7 forest and fire scientists. The lead author is a Principal Fellow in Botany at the University of Melbourne, who is also the Editor-in Chief of the international journal, Forest Ecology and Management.

Several of the forest scientists work for Govt forest management agencies which is hardly surprising given that they have practical knowledge of the topic - I guess this is what you are referring to.

Actually having forest and fire specialist scientists doing research on a forest management topic represents a welcome change from the "science' being promoted by forest activists in relation to timber production, such as for example, regular claims about the financial future of the industry emanating from non-economists like the environmental law academic who is regularly quoted on this.